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Today is our first full day in Ghent. It was quite cool when we went out after a late breakfast, so our fleece tops came out again. It's hard to remember Sunday in Paris when we were uncomfortably hot in short sleeved shirts. We walk literally fifty metres from our front door and we are in the main square of the old town. There are a few big open squares in the centre, with numerous churches and civic buildings which ...

... doing stupid things. In the previous edition I spoke about forgetting stuff in Greece, well today I managed a very poor frisbee throw that put my pride and joy into a big canal. There was only one option which meant going for a swim in the murky water to retrieve it. Stace stood guard and had the mr mr lady from Happy Gilmore tell her that I should get out. It didn't take long but it meant returning to our hostel to have a good scrub. Off to ...

... bizarre. Also the two original statues are on display in the museum. The Manneken Pis dates to 1619, there are multiple legends as to what the statue represents and I am not going into those. The statue has been stolen several times the first time in the early 18th century, it was discovered in the canal decades later and is one of the statues on display in the museum. The last time it ...

... for a warming break at CoffeeWorld, which actually turned out to be a smoky pub that served just the one type of coffee, and returned to the ever-expanding Brussels train station. My journey was over.

Naturally, my return to the UK was a soul-destroying experience. My train was inevitably delayed the moment it came anywhere close to England, and just enough to put pay to my advanced connecting booking. How foolish of me to trust train operators to ...

... their basement, waiting for November. Their parents and their grandparents – maybe even themselves – were liberated by our people, and for this, they are thankful. Marching down the street in Hoofdplaat, surrounded by flags, was humbling. This march not only pays tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice, but it serves to build solidarity and a sustained feeling of friendship between the Low Countries and Canada. It was a privilege to ...